Russia is trying to force the West to slow down aid to Ukraine.
The day before, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu held telephone talks with the leaders of four NATO member states and accused Ukraine of preparing to use the so-called dirty bombwith nuclear substances. But the likelihood that Russia will use this as a cover for its own nuclear or chemical strike is extremely low. Shoigu's calls are another provocation by the Russian Federation, the purpose of which is to shake the unity of Ukraine's allies, experts of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believe.
The institute's report says that the Russian minister probably tried to slow down Western military aid to Ukraine with the “dirty bomb” accusations, as well as re-launch the Kremlin's false narrative into the information space that the US is allegedly preparing a secret attack with chemical weapons on Ukraine. to blame Russia for this.
“It is unlikely that the Kremlin is preparing a bomb attack under a false flag. Shoigu's claims contribute to Russia's longstanding information campaign. The Kremlin has repeatedly said that Western powers would help Ukraine launch a false-flag attack with weapons of mass destruction from the early stages of the invasion of Ukraine in February. In April, the Russian Defense Ministry said it had information that the US was “preparing provocations to accuse the Russian armed forces of using chemical, biological or tactical nuclear weapons.” In his pre-invasion speech on February 24, Putin said that Ukraine was preparing for a nuclear attack on Russia, and Russian state media repeatedly claimed that Western powers supported Ukraine's development of nuclear weapons and planned false flag attacks, the report said.
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In addition, military experts believe that Shoigu's statements are not harbingers < Russia's use of tactical nuclear weapons. In their opinion, if the Russian Federation was going to use it, it would have done it much earlier. Shoigu's series of calls were likely further weapon-rattling by Russia to intimidate Western supporters of Ukraine and possibly widen divisions within the NATO alliance.
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Earlier in the USA reacted to Shoigu's statements, saying that the escalation of the war under any pretext is unacceptable.
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